intercede
verb (used without object)
to act or interpose in behalf of someone in difficulty or trouble, as by pleading or petition.
had interceded
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past perfectof intercede.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Ultimately, she said, a higher-ranking officer came by and helped her, but only after others had interceded on her behalf.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2011
By the time Weiner left the podium, it seemed like ages since Breitbart had interceded.
From Slate ● Jun. 7, 2011
Fighting Frenchmen approached this question with the pain and passion of their long agony; they resented the patent fact that the U.S. and British Governments had interceded for some of the arrested men.*
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week it developed that President Hoover, anxious to retain Soviet trade, had interceded with an order to Secretary Doak to adopt a more liberal policy toward Russian businessmen.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I don't mind telling you that she had interceded with me."
From Shining Ferry by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
